A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 396: Being generous and kind is what you want, now you are crazy only for yourself

After listening to Bai Lu's words, Liu Bei felt that his eyes had reached a height that he had no longer seen before, and he saw things that he had never seen before.

He only felt that a huge responsibility fell on his shoulders, which made him feel heavy, but also excited. He solemnly said to Bai Lu:
"Young Master's big talk, I will keep it in mind. Before, I wanted to shirk it and fight for my false reputation. Now that I think about it, I feel really ashamed and ashamed. I am here to make a promise to everyone present.

If I, Liu Bei, have the opportunity to shoulder the heavy burden of the world, I will do it. "

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also excited at this time. He stood up and said, "Brother, we will bear the burden with you."

Jian Yong, Bai Jin and others also stood up and expressed their willingness to help Liu Bei end this troubled world.

Lu Bu, who was drinking on the side, also threw down his glass at this time, came to the hall, knelt down on one knee in front of Liu Bei and said: "If Mr. Xuande does not give up, please let Lu Bu help you!"

Chen Gong also came forward and said: "If Mr. Xuande is willing, I am also willing to make some small efforts for the great Han."

Then all the officials in Xuzhou also stood up and bowed to Liu Bei to express their loyalty.

Seeing Liu Bei's men so united, the Qingzhou group became even more satisfied with Liu Bei.

The banquet continued. After some advice from Bai Lu, Liu Bei acted more like a king. In the past, he was more humble and less confident in his treatment of others.

Although he is still humble now, the kind of confidence that emanates from his heart is something he didn't have before.

After the banquet, Liu Bei prepared a post house for everyone in Qingzhou, and in the next few days, he took the Qingzhou group to various places to inspect, including but not limited to, Xuzhou military camp, the government office of the state Mufu, rural scenery, big city business, etc. wait.

In March, everyone in Qingzhou who had stayed in Xuzhou for two months bid farewell to Liu Bei and made it clear that Liu Bei was prepared to accept Qingzhou.

Bai Lu stayed in Xiapi, and Liu Bei prepared a house for him. If Bai Lu had not been willing to take up the official position in Xuzhou, Liu Bei would have wanted to appoint him as the Prime Minister of Xiapi.

During these days, Bai Lu also observed Liu Bei's behavior more deeply, and found that although he accepted Bai's help and almost reached the sky in one step, he was not blinded by power, but still treated him kindly. The people are just like when he was the commander of Gaotang.

This also made Liu Bei's reputation in Xuzhou even better, and his reputation was as good as that of Tao Qianyou, who died of illness.

Kong Rong and others, who had been inspecting Xuzhou for two months, also deeply felt Cao Cao's evil deeds in Xuzhou, and they felt disgusted with him. If Cao Cao entered Qingzhou, wouldn't it be a disaster for the people of Qingzhou? In this comparison, Liu Bei is better .

Not only is he generous and courteous, but he is also friendly to his subordinates, making him a perfect choice for a wise king.

June
Just when Cao Cao fully accepted Yingchuan County, Qingzhou County governors including Bai Dian, the governor of Donglai in Qingzhou, Kong Rong, the prime minister of Beihai, Lu Cheng, the prime minister of Le'an, Wang Feng, the prime minister of Jinan, Zhang Gao, the prime minister of Qi, and Han Cheng, the prefect of Taishan, announced their welcome. Liu Bei entered Qingzhou and jointly named Liu Bei as the shepherd of Qingzhou.

Liu Bei received the seals and ribbons of Xuzhou Mu and Qingzhou Mu as General Zhendong. For a time, he became the only prince in the world who controlled two states.

No matter how angry Cao Cao was in Xudu, the matter was done. Originally, there was a big state in front of him, but he did not cherish it. Now it was taken over by Liu Bei, which made Cao Cao very depressed.

So he stepped up his campaign against Yuan Shu and attacked Yuan Shu's headquarters, Runan County, with a strong army.

After Liu Bei took over the Qingzhou shepherd, he appointed Guan Yu as the governor of Qingzhou and Lu Bu as the governor of Xuzhou. He appointed Bai Dian and Chen Gong as the chief historians of the Zhendong General Mansion. Bai Dian was responsible for assisting Guan Yu in defeating the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou, and Chen Gong was responsible for assisting Lu Bu in defending against Cao Cao. , Yuan Shu.

Zhang Fei was also appointed as the Zhonglang General, and all other officials were promoted.

July
Yuan Shu, who was only half the state, didn't know if he had seen through his own future. In his madness, he actually claimed that he had obtained the jade seal passed down from the country, which was destined by destiny, so he ascended the throne and established himself as the emperor, and the country was named "Zhong". He calls himself the emperor of the Zhong family.

Yuan Shu's move caused an uproar in the world. The Bai Kingdom immediately declared the Zhong family as the enemy of the Bai Kingdom, and declared that the Han Dynasty was the orthodoxy of the Xia Dynasty, vetoing the legitimacy of the Zhong family from a legal perspective.

Then the central court in Xudu immediately declared Yuan Shu to be a great treason in the world, and everyone had to punish him, and ordered the princes from all sides to attack the puppet emperor Yuan Shu with all their strength.

He also gave full power to Sikong Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu. Then he gave orders to Zhendong General Liu Bei, Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao, and Kuaiji Prefect Sun Ce, ordering them to attack the rebel Yuan Shu.

Along with this came the edicts appointing Liu Bei as General Zuo, opening his mansion, and promoting him to the title of Marquis of Gaotang.

As well as appointing Liu Biao as Zongzheng in Jingzhou, Sun Ce as Yangzhou Mu, and general against rebellion to inherit the title of his father, Marquis of Wucheng.

Sun Ce is the legitimate son of Sun Jian. In the early days, Sun Jian was a general under Yuan Shu and the governor of Yuzhou. Later, Yuan Shu ordered him to attack Liu Biao, but he was ambushed by Liu Biao's general Huang Zu and died with an arrow.

Sun Ce was still too young at the time and could only follow his mother and younger brother back home. When he reached his prime, Sun Ce went to ask Yuan Shu for his father's old army, but Yuan Shu sent it to his uncle Wu Jing, the prefect of Danyang.

Despite this, Sun Ce still relied on his military bravery to gradually become a general under Yuan Shu, and was appointed as the Huaiyi captain by Yuan Shu.

The other generals under Yuan Shu, Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun, all respected Sun Ce wholeheartedly, saying that Sun Ce had the style of his father and was the little overlord of Jiangdong.

Even Yuan Shu lamented that none of his sons were like Sun Ce. However, Yuan Shu was capricious and often broke his promises. He once promised that Sun Ce would be appointed as the governor of Jiujiang, but later he appointed one of his own cronies, Chen Ji from Danyang, to take the post. This made Sun Ce very disappointed.

Later, when Yuan Shu was preparing to attack Xuzhou, he asked Lu Kang, the governor of Lujiang, for 30,000 hu of army rations. When Lu Kang refused to give it, Yuan Shu was furious and sent Sun Ce to lead the army to attack Lujiang.

After two years of fighting, they finally captured Lujiang County, but Yuan Shu appointed his old subordinate Liu Xun as the governor of Lujiang. This made Sun Ce even more disappointed with Yuan Shu and made up his mind to break away from Yuan Shu's control.

In the first year of Xingping, the imperial court appointed Liu Yao as the governor of Yangzhou. The former seat of Yangzhou was Shouchun, and Shouchun had been occupied by Yuan Shu. Liu Yao crossed the Yangtze River south with the assistance of Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing and his cousin Sun Bi. , established a governance office in Qu'a.

It happened that Sun Ce was ordered to attack Lujiang County at this time, and Liu Yao was worried about this because he knew that Wu Jing and Sun Bi were appointed by Yuan Shu.

These two people were Sun Ce's own people. He was worried that they would join forces with Yuan Shu and Sun Ce to annex him, so he used force to drive them away. Wu Jing and Sun Bi had to retreat to Liyang.

Zhu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of Wu Commandery, was Sun Jian's old subordinate. He had served as Sun Jian's captain in the past. When Taifu Ma Rixi was in Shouchun, he appointed Zhu Zhi as his adjutant, and he was later appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Wu Commandery.

He found that Yuan Shu's political integrity was not established, so he persuaded Sun Ce to take advantage of the opportunity to take over Jiangdong.

Sun Ce listened to Zhu Zhi's suggestion and asked Yuan Shu to send him to attack Liu Yao. Yuan Shu was originally unwilling, but Sun Ce sacrificed his father to fight for him. Many people in Jiangdong had an old relationship with his father and were now killed by Liu Yao. He wanted to avenge them, so Yuan Shu could no longer refuse.

Thinking that Liu Yao now occupied Qu'a and Wang Lang occupied Kuaiji, no matter how fierce Sun Ce was, he might not be able to accomplish anything, so he agreed to his request.

Finally, the imperial court appointed Sun Ce as the captain of Zhechong, acting as general to kill the bandits, but only equipped him with more than a thousand soldiers and corresponding military supplies, dozens of horses, and hundreds of guests who were willing to follow.

But what Yuan Shu didn't expect was that on the way from Shouchun to Jiangdong, people kept coming to defect to Sun Ce. By the time Wu Jing was stationed in Liyang, Sun Ce's troops had grown to five or six thousand.

In the second year of Xingping, Sun Ce crossed the river and defeated Liu Yao. Liu Yao abandoned his disciples and fled westward.

Sun Ce also ordered Zhu Zhi to attack Wu County from Qiantang. Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County, resisted Zhu Zhi in Youquan. Zhu Zhi defeated Xu Gong, and Xu Gong fled and attached himself to the bandit Yan Baihu. Zhu Zhi then acted as the governor of Wu County.

Sun Ce then continued to defeat Wang Lang and pacified Kuaiji County. He also defeated the bandit Yan Baihu near Wucheng County and completely occupied Wu County and Kuaiji County.

After occupying Kuaiji, Sun Ce replaced all the original officials and served as the prefect of Kuaiji. He also appointed Wu Jing as the prefect of Danyang and Sun Ben as the prefect of Yuzhang. He divided Yuzhang into Luling County and appointed Sun Ben's younger brother Sun Fu. He was the governor of Luling, and Zhu Zhi was the governor of Wu County. Zhang Zhao from Pengcheng, Zhang Hong, Qin Song, and Chen Duan from Guangling served as counselors.

In the same year, Sun Ce sent Liu You, the captain of Fengzheng, and Gao Cheng, the five-level officer, to pay homage to the Xudu court with Sun Ce's memorial and to pay tribute to the court.

Only then did the court learn that there was such a force behind Yuan Shu, and that's why Sun Ce was appointed as the shepherd of Yangzhou.

Jian'an three years
Sikong Cao Cao, Left General Liu Bei, and Yangzhou Mu Sun Ce all announced that they were preparing to attack the puppet emperor Yuan Shu in a three-pronged attack on the order of the imperial court.

Because Pingyu, the seat of Runan County, was captured by Cao Cao, after Yuan Shu became emperor, he had to make his capital in Shouchun County, Jiujiang County.

He also used the talisman of Zhang Jiong from Hanoi to establish the Zhong clan, set up a public official, and enshrine the temple in the southern and northern suburbs. Change Jiujiang County to Huainan Yin, making it its own Gyeonggi region.

Later, the ministers and ministers were placed in large numbers, and an altar for the emperor to worship the Emperor of Heaven was built in the south and north of the city.

However, he knew that he only wanted to fulfill his wish when he became emperor, so after he became emperor, he was extravagant and squandered, and ordered to search for beautiful women all over the country. In just a few months, there were hundreds of wives and concubines in the harem, all wearing Luo Qili. All kinds of exquisite food are available.

Such a frantic search for people's wealth made the people in half of Runan County, Peiguo, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, and half of Danyang County under Yuan Shu's rule miserable, and even caused starvation to death for a time.

Knowing that he had become the target of public criticism, he still wanted to struggle. Knowing that the four surrounding forces were all intent on attacking him, Liu Biao stopped talking.

Because he retreated to Jiujiang County, there was only one Lujiang River connecting Jingzhou, and Liu Biao was always only defensive but not offensive.

Liu Bei turned out to be his subordinate. Although he had only been the governor of Yuzhou for a few months, he was still his subordinate, so he might be able to win over him.

Sun Ce had just arrived in various places in Jiangdong, and his foundation was unstable. He only needed one general to block it, so he only needed to pay attention to the attack from Xudu.

So Yuan Shu sent his Taiwei to go to Xiapi to win over Liu Bei with the conditions he offered to Liu Bei, such as Qingxu, the governor of the second state, the general, and Gui Zhonggong.

He also sent his own Situ, hoping to get Sun Ce to surrender to him with the generous terms of Yangzhou Mu, Hou General, and Wu Hou.

Then he sent envoys to all the princes in the world to distribute the imperial edict to show that he was on the same side as the Xudu court.

No one in the world accepted Yuan Shu's offer, and the Xudu court even declared that if they accepted Yuan Shu's imperial edict, it would be a rebellion of the Han Dynasty, and everyone in the world would fight against it.

(End of this chapter)